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Bands known by their abbreviations

splinx [Edit] [Delete] 28 replies 10:36, 26 January '06

I was thinking on the tube this morning, as you do:

JAMC
GNFNR
AWWBLOT (yay!)

Or did I just want to have an excuse to say how much we're loving "And What Will Be Left Of Them".

:-)

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  • Also

    SOAD
    QOTSA
    BRMC
    CYHSY (I saw them called that once)
    TMV (sometimes)
    RATM
    T(I)NC
    EMBLD (maybe)

    smallpox_champion | 26 Jan '06, 10:38 | X
    • hmmm

      I'm not hip enough to know half of these...

      splinx @smallpox_champion | 26 Jan '06, 10:53 | X
  • U2?

    it's actually short for UNBEARABLY 2UNELESS

    homesick_alien | 26 Jan '06, 10:39 | X
  • PIL

    EMP
    ELO

    lordscopie | 26 Jan '06, 10:40 | X
    • NKOTB

      chris-budget @lordscopie | 26 Jan '06, 10:41 | X
      • of course...

        the fabulous nkotb and how did I miss brmc?

        how about:

        CSNY

        splinx @chris-budget | 26 Jan '06, 10:51 | X
    • SDGHSDGRJ

      sorry. that was a palm splat. not a band.

      N.E.R.D.

      keiths_tele @lordscopie | 26 Jan '06, 10:42 | X
      • NWA

        SWV
        DFA
        KLF

        lordscopie @keiths_tele | 26 Jan '06, 10:51 | X
        • .

          KMFDM

          tiernan @lordscopie | 26 Jan '06, 10:52 | X
        • ooo

          you're good at this.

          splinx @lordscopie | 26 Jan '06, 10:52 | X
        • G'n'R

          NiN
          ycni:m
          TBS
          SBB
          BSS
          NEO
          MBV
          LTJ
          KsE
          bfmv
          ffaf / f4af
          etid
          DK
          COC
          ATD-I

          soapy @lordscopie | 26 Jan '06, 10:57 | X
          • i don't

            ..belive half of these are actually known by these names... I get my bloody valentine and Nine inch nails, but I'm stuck on the rest? Help.

            and G'n'R were always known as GNFNR in my small town :-)

            splinx @soapy | 26 Jan '06, 11:04 | X
            • ..

              TCTC
              DCFC

              stubryce @splinx | 26 Jan '06, 12:37 | X
              • AFI...
                AK3
                JFA

                fullerov @stubryce | 26 Jan '06, 12:39 | X
          • gy!be

            restlessboy @soapy | 26 Jan '06, 10:58 | X
  • ADF

    I'm done

    Patricide | 26 Jan '06, 12:56 | X
    • AYWKUBTTOD

      A

      mug_mug_mug @Patricide | 26 Jan '06, 12:58 | X
      • JAG

        LOL

        thewarn @mug_mug_mug | 26 Jan '06, 13:00 | X
        • 'R'

          is Radiohead

          do i win anything?

          moribund @thewarn | 26 Jan '06, 13:02 | X
  • Erm

    PWEI
    Blaggers ITA (not strictly right, but..)
    KLF
    BRA
    JSSW
    FMB
    FNM

    and so on and so on

    rspce @Stagger-Lee | 26 Jan '06, 13:13 | X
  • byoP!

    Silentcommand @WiggyluvsBillieJoe | 26 Jan '06, 14:39 | X
    • SFA

      DFA1979

      stubryce @Silentcommand | 26 Jan '06, 14:41 | X
      • SFA OK

        Wherever I lay my phone is my home, i got mobile phone

        stubryce @stubryce | 26 Jan '06, 14:41 | X
        • ...

          MBICR

          Filip @stubryce | 26 Jan '06, 14:44 | X
          • EMF
            Carter USM

            George | 26 Jan '06, 10:40 | X
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